Intellectual property includes ideas, discoveries, writings, works of art, software, collections and presentations of data. Copyright, trademarks and patents exist to protect intellectual property. However, the easy and accurate duplication methods made available through IT can undermine such protection.
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. IP is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs. Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of phonograms in their recordings, and those of broadcasters in their radio and television programs.
Lesson & Homework Task- Find a recent example of copyright or Patent infringement in the news (within last 3 months) and use the following bullet points below to discuss the Social impacts & Ethical issues-You can write you answers underneath each sentence. Deadline is 30th August and will need to be sent via Moodle by 11:55pm : )
The answers need to wrote up using Microsoft Word-I would suggest you copy and paste these points below and write your answers underneath
Social Impacts
How did the IT development emerge?
Who are the stakeholders—individuals, institutions and societies who initiate and control the IT developments and are affected by them?
What are the advantages and disadvantages for the stakeholders?
What are the social impacts of the IT development on human life? These may include some or all of the tHE areas: economic, political, cultural, legal, environmental, ergonomic, health and psychological.
What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems?
Ethical Issues
Who is responsible?
Who is accountable?
What policies, rules or laws apply to the scenario?
Notes:
1.4 Intellectual property (from Syllabus)-Mr Trofimczuk
Intellectual property includes ideas, discoveries, writings, works of art, software, collections and
presentations of data. Copyright, trademarks and patents exist to protect intellectual property. However, the easy and accurate duplication methods made available through IT can undermine such protection.
Source: WPO
What is Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.IP is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs. Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of phonograms in their recordings, and those of broadcasters in their radio and television programs.
http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
The battle between apple and samsung and about their patents, is apple playing dirty??? (listen to the audio)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9748000/9748680.stm
The UN must get involved with the android war:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18736415
Lesson & Homework Task-
Find a recent example of copyright or Patent infringement in the news (within last 3 months) and use the following bullet points below to discuss the Social impacts & Ethical issues-You can write you answers underneath each sentence. Deadline is 30th August and will need to be sent via Moodle by 11:55pm : )
The answers need to wrote up using Microsoft Word-I would suggest you copy and paste these points below and write your answers underneath
Social Impacts
- How did the IT development emerge?
- Who are the stakeholders—individuals, institutions and societies who initiate and control the IT developments and are affected by them?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages for the stakeholders?
- What are the social impacts of the IT development on human life? These may include some or all of the tHE areas: economic, political, cultural, legal, environmental, ergonomic, health and psychological.
- What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems?
Ethical IssuesHyperlinks:
http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/
National Board of Patents & Registration in Finland
HL examples:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19391235